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Acerra, Martine, Merino, Jose & Meyer, Jean, eds. Les Marines de guerre europeennes, XVII-XVIIIe siecles. Paris: Paris-Sorbonne UP, 1985, 436 pp. Essays, come cited; colloquium, Paris-Sorbonne, Sept 1984: naval architecture; British shipbuilding & maintenance during French wars; French naval vessels as privateers; development of naval tactics; blockade of Brest; French naval strategy; naval patronage; Louisbourg; French nautical science & Baltic naval operations in the 18th century; extraordinary group of essayists: N.A.M. Rodger, Roger Knight, James Pritchard, A.N. Ryan, Brian Lavery, D.J. Lyon, J.S. Bromley, Jose Merino, Patrick Villiers & Jan Glete.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-French; architecture; association; Baltic; blockade; commerce; historian; shipbuilding;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-French, France , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , commerce, trade, business, blockade, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, historian, history, historical, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect
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Acerra, Martine. Rochefort et la construction navale francaise, 1661-1815. 4 vols. Paris: Libraire de l'Inde, 1993, 930 pp. Synthesis, French naval administration, shipbuilding, technology.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; Anglo-French; architecture; shipbuilding; technology;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-French, France , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Acworth, Bernard. Britain in Danger: An Examination of Our Navy. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937, xiv, 288 pp. Retired Captain, RN; analysis & critique of naval construction & propulsion policies.
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architecture; critique of Royal Navy; interwar; propulsion ; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, propulsion , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, interwar
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Acworth, Bernard. The Economic Significance of Coal: A Symposium on the Utilization of Coal. London, 1933, 10 pp. Pamphlet; critical of current naval policies.
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age of steam; architecture; critique of Royal Navy; interwar; propulsion ; Royal Navy;
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architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , age of steam, propulsion , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, interwar
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Adams, Marion W. & Black, Jeanette D. A List of the Published Writings of Lawrence C. Wroth to December 31, 1950. Frederick Goff, 1951, pp. 485-504. From Essays Honoring Lawrence C. Worth; covered 1905-1950.
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20th C. (1900-1999); architecture; historian; personality; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , historian, history, historical, personality, prominent leader, noted person , ship, boat, vessel
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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Addington, Anthony. An Essay on the Sea-Scurvy: Wherein Is Proposed an Easy Method of Curing that Distemper at Sea: And for Preserving Water Sweet for any Cruize or Voyage. Reading: C. Micklewright, 1753, 47 pp.
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18th century, eighteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , voyage
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Airy, George Biddell. The Transits of Venus, 1874 and 1882: On the Preparitary Arrangements for the Observations of the Transits. London: Strangeways & Walden, 1868, 1877, 23 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); exploration; instrument; navigation; science ;
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19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , instrument, navigation, compass, clock , science , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude
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Albert, J.G. "Attlee, the Chiefs of Staff and the Restructuring of 'Commonwealth Defence' between VJ Day and the Outbreak of the Korean War." D.Phil. diss, Oxford, 1986. (ITT 37-1, 1988).
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Cold War; Imperial Defence; Korea; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, cold war, Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , world war 2, second world war
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Five Centuries of Famous Ships: From the Santa Maria to the Glomar Explorer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978, ix, 435 pp. Foreword: Benjamin Labaree; coverage of over 150 ships.
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age of sail; age of steam; architecture; merchant marine; ship; ship of the line; shipbuilding;
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age of sail, age of steam, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , ship, boat, vessel, ship of the line, sailing battleship, first rate , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, merchant marine
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh. Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862. Harvard Economic Studies Series, # 29 & Classics of Naval Literature Series. Cambridge: Harvard UP; Hamden: Archon; Annapolis: NIP, 1926, 1965, 2000, 2004, xxvii, 485 pp. Intro: Timothy J. Bean; classic concerning logistical problems & sea power; supply a continuing problem for RN; influenced commercial, colonial & foreign policies, e.g., access to Baltic; thesis now superseded.
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Admiralty; age of sail; architecture; Baltic; Colonial America; commerce; diplomacy; logistics; sea power; ship; shipbuilding; trade;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, logistics, supply, supplies, sea power, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, ship, boat, vessel, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, commerce, trade, business, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Alcock, C.P. "Britain and the Korean War, 1950-1953." Ph.D. diss, Manchester, 1986.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Cold War; Korea; Royal Navy;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , Royal Navy, Britain, England, cold war
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Alcraft, Rob. Shipping Disasters. World's Worst Series. Chicago: Heinemann, 2000, 32 pp. Juvenile literature; 3 disasters: Titanic, Derbyshire & Estonia.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); architecture; juvenile literature; liner; ship; wreck;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, juvenile literature, children's, junior, wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , ship, boat, vessel, liner, passenger liner, steamship , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect
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Aldcroft, Derek Howard, ed. The Development of British Industry and Foreign Competition, 1875-1914. Studies in Industrial Enterprise. Toronto: Toronto UP, 1968, 384 pp. Essays,, some cited; e.g., mercantile marine at the time: largest & most powerful in the world, one-third of world tonnage & one-half of steam fleet; by 1914, 85% built since 1895; in this period, Germany chief competitor.
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19th C. (1800-1899); 20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-German; architecture; commerce; enterprise; merchant marine; shipbuilding; technology;
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19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , commerce, trade, business, merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Joseph Chamberlain's Attempted Reform of the British Mercantile Marine." J Trans His, new ser, 1 (February 1972): 169-84. Associated with efforts of Samuel Plimsoll.
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19th C. (1800-1899); architecture; condition; merchant marine; voyage;
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19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , voyage
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Aldrich, Richard James & Hopkins, Michael F., eds. Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post-War World. Studies in Intelligence Series. London: Cass, 1994, x, 273 pp. Foreword: John D. Young; 12 essays, some cited.
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Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; diplomacy; Imperial Defence; intelligence;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , cold war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Aldrich, Richard James, ed. British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-1951. London: Routledge, 1992, xiv, 347 pp. 12 essays, some cited; intelligence & strategy.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; intelligence; strategy;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , cold war, strategy, strategic, intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT
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Aldrich, Richard James. "British Strategy and the End of Empire: South Asia, 1945-1951." See R. Aldrich, British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, pp. 275-307.
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Anglo-American; Anglo-Russian; Cold War; Far East; imperialism; intelligence; strategy;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , strategy, strategic, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , cold war
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Aldrich, Richard James. The Hidden Hand: Britain, America and the Cold War Secret Intelligence. London: Murray, 2001, 480 pp.
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , cold war
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Alexander, Joseph H. & Bartlett, Merrill L. Sea Soldiers in the Cold War: Amphibious Warfare, 1945-1991. Annapolis: NIP, 1995, xi, 220 pp. Operational history, e.g., Korea, Falklands, Middle East.
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amphibious; Anglo-American; Cold War; commando; Falkland; Korea; Middle East; Royal Navy; United States Navy;
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amphibious, invasion from sea, landing, attack from sea, landing craft, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, cold war, commando, guerrilla warfare, Royal Marine , Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , Korea, war, Korean War, Cold War , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England, united states navy, US navy
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |